CHAPTER VII
October 22. Numbered VIII.
Those faultless monsters which the art [world]. From the Essay on Poetry of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham.
Hand-writing on the wall. Daniel v. 5.
[130]. Vice to be hated. Pope, Essay on Man, II. 217–18.
[131]. Girodet. Anne Louis Girodet-De-Roussy-Trioson (1767–1824), French historical painter. The picture ‘Endymion’ is one of his best known works.
[132]. Mezentius. See the Æneid, VIII. 485.
Quod sic mihi ostendis. Horace, Ars Poet., 188.
With hideous ruin. Paradise Lost, I. 46.
Accumulated horror.
‘On horror’s head horrors accumulate.’
Othello, Act III. Sc. 3.
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[133]. It out-herods Herod. Hamlet, Act III. Sc. 2.
Note. Dip it in the ocean. A Sentimental Journey, The Wig, Paris.
Note. Perilous stuff that weighs upon the heart. Macbeth, Act V. Sc. 3.
[136]. Like stars, shoot madly [start] from their spheres. Hamlet, Act I. Sc. 5.
Paul Guerin. Paulin Jean Baptiste Guérin, French portrait and historical painter (1783–1855); his chief work is the one of which Hazlitt speaks.
[137]. La Thiere. Guillaume Gillon Lethière, French historical painter (1760–1832), of Creole birth (Guadeloupe). At one time he was considered David’s rival.
The human face divine. Paradise Lost, III. 44.
Ducis. Louis Ducis (1773–1847), a pupil of David.
[138]. Magnis excidit ausis. Ovid, Met. II. 328.